The system was developed by Dr. Edward de Bono, the world's leading authority on thinking. He is the holder of degrees in medicine, physiology, and psychology and has held faculty appointments at the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, London, and Harvard. He has authored 56 books in 32 languages. Companies that use his thinking methods are IBM, AT&T, Texas Instruments, Du Pont, NASA, Intel, Alcoa, Nestle U.S.A., Rubbermaid, Motorola, and hundreds more.

After retiring from the Newport Beach Police Department as a sergeant, he was the administrative assistant and national/international security advisor to the CEO and chairman of the board of Security Pacific National Bank. He has an advanced degree in criminal justice followed by post graduate classes in sociology. His educational background combined with his many years of experience solving the problems of people, from the highest to lowest levels of life, have given him a unique realistic perspective. Now, as the internationally certified trainer for HPD~FM, he can effectively train others in the skills of thinking for the purpose of making decisions and organizing thought.

• Anyone who wants to peruse excellence
• Anyone who wants to improve their efficiency
• Anyone who wants to make a promotion board take notice
• Anyone who wants to improve communication in a meeting
• Anyone who wants to be seen favorably by their supervisors
• Anyone who wants to impress a judge with the professionalism of their behavior
• Anyone who wants to dissuade intimidating attorneys from making unfounded attacks
• Anyone who wants an organized and accepted way to defend a decision
• Anyone who wants to avoid criticism after the fact (personnel complaints, supervisory scrutiny, etc.)